#A140CD#A140CD

#A140CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.215 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A140CD
RGB	rgb(161, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 61.43, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 82.83, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1471 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.215 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5489, 15.6525, 59.3158)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A140CD #6CCD40

analogous

#5B40CD #A140CD #CD40B2

triadic

#A140CD #CDA140 #40CDA1

tetradic

#A140CD #CD5B40 #6CCD40 #40B2CD

square

#A140CD #CD5B40 #6CCD40 #40B2CD

split-complementary

#A140CD #B2CD40 #40CD5B

monochromatic

#591E74 #7F2BA5 #A140CD #B971DA #D1A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A140CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A140CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A140CD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A140CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A140CD	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3570CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a140cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.215 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17cdd',
    500: '#a140cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a140cd;
$custom-light: #c17cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a140cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.277,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56592,
    "c": 0.21491,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A140CD

secondary

#A9D396

accent

#E24677

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A140CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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